Customize the number of items in speed dial

Tuesday, 6. May 2008, 18:37:41

Remco discovered a nice hidden feature in Kestrel that many people have been waiting for since the introduction of speed dial about a year ago:
You can edit the number of items shown in speed dial!

To do that browse to your "profile" directory (see "Help > About Opera" for its location), open "speeddial.ini" in a text edit (e.g. Notepad) and append the following lines:

[Size]
Rows=4
Columns=5

Don't use too large numbers though or Opera will use all your CPU for quite some time.

Thanks Opera developers for implementing this very popular request and Remco for finding it!

Opera Mini - in 1280*1024!OMG, I'm on the frontpage!

Comments

Does it sync with Opera Link and affect Opera Mini?

- ØØ -

By NoteMe, # 7. May 2008, 08:13:25

didn't test but wouldn't think so, the server prolly accepts 9 items only

By larskl, # 7. May 2008, 09:30:31

Not, it doesn't for the present.

By MartinezZ, # 11. May 2008, 19:23:49

The server has no limits, but they're not synced nevertheless.

By TheAtilla, # 12. May 2008, 22:36:23

Thanks everyone, I'll put it on my wish list for the Mini and Desktop team then

- ØØ -

By NoteMe, # 13. May 2008, 04:48:48

this isn't an officially supported feature so I doubt this wish will come true

By larskl, # 13. May 2008, 11:54:59

Thats what wishes are for, isn't it

- ØØ -

By NoteMe, # 13. May 2008, 12:56:08

E x c e l l e n t !

BUT :

Can i make slots to take the entire space ?
Is there a trick ?

See what i mean :

[img]http://www.photo2box.com/images/6ntmisqnsf4hrccpoc60.gif

This is a problem:bomb:

By ipred, # 13. May 2008, 21:09:07

Umm ... less rows, more columns ? Or something ...

By TheAtilla, # 13. May 2008, 22:47:10

Hello,excuse my off-topic comment.
My name is kyoya,an opera user in Japan.

I like your 'IE6XP' skin very much,and modified a little,mainly around the pagebar,toolbar,mail header icon,added icons in the popup menu,and so on.
Would you mind if I upload this skin?

I couldn't find any other way to concact with you,so I posted this comment here.Sorry for my poor English.

By kyoya, # 18. May 2008, 11:03:48

I can't find speeddial.ini for Opera 9.5 beta on Windows Vista

Edit: Found and works okay

By serola, # 10. June 2008, 19:09:34

In case I hadn't mentioned it - the items were, in fact, synced, just not used when received. It seems like it's working in the latest snapshot. But don't take my word for it, try it out for yourselves.

Also - I've no clue how many bad things could happen if the settings on synced machines are different. It's not something that is considered "supported".

By TheAtilla, # 10. June 2008, 22:04:49

Originally posted by TheAtilla:

Also - I've no clue how many bad things could happen if the settings on synced machines are different. It's not something that is considered "supported".

Thank's for the warning. So, folks, remember you are testing/using this on your own risk!

Like I said in my previous post, I managed to get it work with Opera 9.5 on Windows Vista. I just had to make hidden files and folders displayed on Vista to find that speeddial.ini file.

And the answer to those who still wonder what will happen if you sync Opera 9.5 and Opera Mini via Opera Link: Only first 9 speeddials will be displayed on Opera Mini (and at http://link.opera.com/ ). This is very nice because now I can have speeddials on Opera 9.5 that are not needed on Opera Mini.

As soon as Opera 9.5 (final) become released, I will install it on my PC at work and take a risk to test what will happen if I have more than 9 speeddials on two PCs sychronized via Opera Link. In my case it would be nice to have a few different speeddials at work than at home.

By serola, # 11. June 2008, 06:53:55

WARNING!

I added 4x3 grid at first, which does not seem to have any effect, but when I took the extra speeddials from 10 to 12 into use, the problems started. Opera Mini throw me out from Opera Link and I could not synchronize again till I understood to remove those extra speeddials from Opera 9.5 beta.

In other words, Opera Link does not allow Opera Mini to synchronize if Opera 9.5 beta synchronizes more than 9 speeddials. Those extra speeddials are not displayed on Opera Link, but they still are there and mess the things.

Moreover I have noticed that changing the order of speeddials by dragging them around on Opera 9.5 does not fully work. Some speeddials just start to behave oddly by switching themselves back to some old bookmarks.

I only tested this in Opera 9.5 beta, so I do not know yet how it is with Opera 9.5 final.

By serola, # 12. June 2008, 12:44:09

Today I noticed there are additinal setting when you log-in Opera Link on Opera 9.5. Thanks to that it's possible to keep desktop speeddials separated from Opera Link and avoid messing your Opera Mini speeddials

By serola, # 17. June 2008, 07:53:29